Applications Close: 22/11/2026

With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment,
working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed and develop in your chosen career role.

About Us

Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean, Blue Mountains, and Lithgow Region. 

Hawkesbury District Health Service is a teaching hospital in Windsor NSW, providing acute, community and allied health services for the local community and surrounding districts. The service provides 24-hour emergency, medical, surgical, diagnostic, maternity, neonatal, paediatric, palliative, intensive and coronary care services.

Lead best-practice infection prevention and control initiatives while making a meaningful impact on patient safety and healthcare quality. As a Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 1 (Infection Prevention & Control), you will provide expert clinical leadership and specialist advice to support the delivery of safe, high-quality care across the service.

Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, you will play a key role in promoting evidence-based infection prevention and control practices, supporting staff education, and driving initiatives that reduce healthcare-associated infection risks. Through your expertise, leadership and commitment to continuous improvement, you will contribute to the development of a strong culture of patient safety and clinical excellence.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a supportive and collaborative team where you can influence practice, contribute to service improvement, and help shape positive outcomes for patients, staff and the wider community.

If you're looking to apply your specialist knowledge and leadership skills in a role that supports safe, high-quality healthcare, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees

• Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging

• Novated Leasing

• Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year

• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members

• Fitness Passport

What you will bring to the role

1. Current Authority to Practice as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
2. Minimum five years full time equivalent post registration experience and post graduate qualifications relevant to specialty or such other qualifications or experience deemed appropriate.
3. Demonstrated clinical leadership skills and an ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary framework with a demonstrated commitment to excellence in nursing practice.
4. Demonstrated effective communication and interpersonal skills across a variety of mediums and knowledge of the practice development framework to clinical practice.
5. Demonstrated involvement in the development/change of clinical practice underpinned by evidence-based research.
6. Demonstrated ability to contribute to strategic and clinical service planning.
7. Ability to apply clinical expertise in patient-centred consultancy, with the ability to work effectively both as a member of a multidisciplinary team and independently.